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1. Adam and Austin are planning a weekend trip to Mt. Sunapee. They will travel 36 miles to the mountain on Friday, 14 miles out for dinner on Saturday and 36 miles home on Sunday. While at the mountain, Adam and Austin will be skiing and snowboarding. How many miles will Adam and Austin travel in all?
2. Josh stopped at Bow Mills Bank to take out some money. He likes to do his banking there because he lives in Bow. He will need money for gas, milk, bread and eggs. He will need $10.00 for gas, $2.50 each for milk and eggs and $1.00 for bread. How much money should Josh take out of his bank account?
1. Mrs. Barton's class is going to set up a Donut Shop. The class has decided to create 6 different kinds of donuts to sell in their shop. There are 18 students in Mrs. Barton's class. The Donut Shop must have 36 donuts to open. Draw a picture that will explain what kind of donuts Mrs. Barton's class will sell and how many donuts each student will make.
2. Kelly is creating her very own Gingerbread House Community. She plans to have 5 houses, a Town Hall, a school and a fire station in her community. For each building she will need 6 large graham crackers. Draw a picture to help you decide how many graham crackers she will need for her community.
Act it Out/ Use Manipulatives:
1. Pretend you need some change for your school store. Before you go to Bow Mills Bank, you must know how much change you need. Use your coins to help solve this problem. How many dimes would it take to make $2.50? How many quarters would it take to make $5.00? How many nickels would it take to make $2.50?
2. Mrs. Stanley's class was busy preparing Valentine's for "The Young at Heart" senior citizens. Each child was asked to use 3 heart tracers, 3 doilies and 3 felt hearts. There are 18 students in Mrs. Stanley's class. Use manipulatives to determine how many craft items Mrs. Stanley needs.
1. Students in Mrs. Barton’s class surveyed where their parents worked. Here are their results:2. Students in Mrs. Hamer’s room counted the buildings on Logging Hill Road from the Bow town line to the Bow Elementary School. They counted 8 businesses, 4 community buildings, 1 church, and 26 residences. Please put this information on a table.
Guess and Check:1. Julia made a pattern with gumdrops and marshmallows on her gingerbread house. She used 32 gumdrops and 32 marshmallows to make 4 walls of the gingerbread house. How many gumdrops and marshmallows were on each wall?
2. Three groups of students made maps in Mrs. Stanley’s class. There are 21students in all. Each group of students is an odd number. None of the groups have the same number. What could be the number of students in each group be? Could you have more than one answer? 1. Mrs. Ambra’s class collected milk cartons to make gingerbread houses. On Monday, they collected 2, on Tuesday 4, and on Wednesday 8. If this pattern continues. How many will they have on Friday?2. Mrs. Barton’s students took an imaginary class trip. On Monday they traveled 40 miles, on Tuesday 48, and on Wednesday 56. How many miles will they travel on Friday if this pattern continues?
1. Mrs. Brewster got a flat tire at the Gristmill. She waited 35 minutes for Mrs. Hamer to come pick her up. Mrs. Hamer went from the Bow Elementary School to the Bow Middle School to pick up her son. It took her 10 minutes. Then she drove to the Bow Library to check out a book. It took her 20 minutes. She stopped at the Bow Mobile to buy some juice. How long did it take Mrs. Hamer to get juice at Bow Mobile?2. Mrs. Stanley had an auction in her classroom. She gave each student $1. 25 to spend. James had $.47 left after the auction. How much money did James spend?
1. Jim got lost in the town of Bow. He drove around for 50 minutes before asking for directions. He was on Bow Bog Road, Allen Road, Bow Center Road, White Rock Hill Road and Page Road. He finally stopped at a house and asked for directions. How much time did he spend on each road if he spent the same time on each road?
2. Jessica drove to her friend’s house. She went from White Rock Hill Road to Page Road to One-Stack Road. It took her 15 minutes. How much time did she spend on each road?
1. Mrs. Hamer’s students were getting ready to make gingerbread houses. 9 students brought in bags of gumdrops, and 8 brought in bags of hard candy. How many bags of candy will they have?
2. Students in Mrs. Barton’s class were bringing in maps to use in class. On Tuesday students brought 12 maps, on Wednesday students brought in 7. How many more maps were brought in on Tuesday?